(2008-11-05) — President-elect Barack Obama today politely declined a request from the Republican National Committee to “redistribute the votes” from yesterday’s Congressional contests in order to “spread the power around.”
“It’s not that we want to punish your success,” wrote RNC chairman Mike Duncan. “We just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you has a chance for success too. Our attitude is that if the election’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … when you spread the power around, it’s good for everybody.”
In a brief written reply to the GOP, Mr. Obama said, “Our Democrat candidates worked hard for those votes, and it would be a gross injustice to take what they earned by the sweat of their brows and to give it to others who, for whatever reason, did not succeed.”
“The electoral process,” wrote Mr. Obama, “allows a person from any background to work hard, to build a strong organization, to raise investment capital and to take the personal risk that is the necessary precursor to any successful venture. When they do that well, and they win, the benefits ripple outward to many others.”
The 44th president of the United States added, “If you redistribute their hard-earned votes to those less capable, to those who played it safe or who turned in a half-hearted performance, then you remove incentive from the system. In the end, when you aim for equality of outcomes in a particular arena, you inevitably wind up with mediocrity, because men of excellence and ambition will go elsewhere to satisfy their longing for dignity, self-sacrifice and honor.”
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1 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:10 am
First time since Reagan, go figure
2 Mack // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:20 am
To call me cranky this morning would be an understatement. I watched the MSM lie, cheat, and steal the future of our country for a criminal socialist’s agenda. I am not amused. I watched the Black Panthers pacing with their clubs in front of polling places in Philadelphia, I heard morons brag to CNN about voting several times in spite of the long wait, Military votes not being counted, the whole day disgusts me.
In less than two years we will see change. I will bet that, like Carter, this slick add campaign and media love child will embarrass us completely. With Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid firmly in control of the house and senate they will only get away with blaming Bush for awhile. Then the sheep that voted for “Change” will start demanding it. The green glasses will come off and the man behind the curtain will be exposed.
Around here the lay offs will start soon. Small businesses are already pruning the dead wood from their rosters in preparation for the coming tax hikes. New equipment and upgrades are being shelved. The company I used to work for was already considering closing the plant and moving it to Mexico for tax shelter and cheaper labor. 200 jobs are leaving the state before the end of the year from another plant up north for the same reason. The 800 people still employed there should start looking now. Obama is going to choke the goose and try to tax these folks and they know it.
The union fools that voted for him and Tom Harkin are in for a surprise too when their taxes go up. Bush tax cuts are due to expire in 2010. With Pelosi, Reid, and Obama in they will likely repeal them early like they promised. That means union paychecks will go down eating the cola raise they get. While they still have the jobs that is.
Buy stock in Tums. Rolaids are good. Pepsid AC and Excedrin, I’m using one or more of these products at the moment and I am in a foul mood.
3 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:20 am
I don’t think “redistributing” the vote will help since the currency exchanges are different. Besides, ACORNs don’t fall very far from the tree.
My compliments to those on the other side of the aisle for electing one of the most unaccomplished, inexperienced con man to the White House. I just hope we all don’t pay a far bigger price than we can imagine for such a folly. But I guess there still is a certain honor to having been elected the first Messiah of the United States (MOTUS) - you know, rainbows and pretty flowers and all that.
4 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:28 am
BTW, has the national socialist media gotten any video footage of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban, al Qaeda, al- Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and the Iranian mullahs celebrating in the streets?
Maybe that footage will be safely stored away like the “bankrupt the coal industry” footage - you know, for future historians.
5 camojack // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:33 am
I’m thinking an Obama Presidency will make the problems during Carter’s seem like, well…peanuts.
6 conserve-a-tip // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:47 am
Well, I busted a gut on this one Scott! You are quick.
I posted this on the last thread, but Scott is Quick Draw McGraw so I think that I will repost it here:
Take heart my pretties:
Jeremiah 17:5 “This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, and whose heart turns away from the Lord. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.â€
And that is what it is all about dear ones - bearing fruit. No matter how many mouths we feed or backs we cloth or hands we cross with money, if we are not spreading the gospel and telling people the salvation in Christ and the ‘hope and change’ of the Savior, we are simply helping to send to hell, well-fed and well-dressed people. So stand tall and face today with Book in hand and your defense on your lips and praise God that He is on His throne and knows EXACTLY what he is doing!
I love you guys.
7 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:52 am
Any small business (plumbing or other) that declares a profit of $250,000 in a year had better invest in some better accountants.
Does anyone here know any small business owners? If they turn any profit at all they fire their current accountant and get someone better at disguising income.
8 Mack // Nov 5, 2008 at 9:53 am
Amen to Post #6
9 Maggie // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:05 am
Good Morning Ya’ll,
Camo re# 5……CUTE…….:>)
As for the election of Sen.Obama….small change.
He is the best money can buy.
10 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:17 am
The Lord says regarding the earth:
“It is I who have firmly set its pillars.” (Psalm 75:3b)
And He says regarding its leaders:
“Not from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the desert comes exaltation;
But God is the Judge;
He puts down one,
and exalts another.” (Psalm 75:6-7)
The sun has again risen this morning, and still “His mercies are new”.
Our sovereign Savior still sits at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High, reigning, and causing all things to work for the good of His loved ones.
Could it be that He plans that this new environment will conspire for our increased spiritual prosperity, and an increased traction for the gospel? Surely, He’s designed it for His glory.
What a privilege it is to head out this morning into our Father’s world, under our elder Brother’s eye!
The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; Let the many islands be glad.
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones; And give thanks to His holy name. (Psalm 97:1, 12)
11 camojack // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:39 am
Maggie // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:05 am
Camo re# 5……CUTE…….:>)
We11, I try, thanks.
12 beekabok2 // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:43 am
Well, say it ain’t so Joe! Alas, we did not get what we were hoping for. As for all the things that will/may happen under the new administration, all I can say is I will be adding our country to the list of things that I will be praying about. I truely hope that this election doesn’t drive even more of a wadge between the right and the left since, as is required by the constitution, we must all abide by the decision of the majority. This is still the greatest country that has ever existed and, I believe, will allways be the greatest.
A special note to those responders that have been poking us in the side about who would win: Please show your restraint and do your gloating without getting too personal.
We should all look to the future too see what needs to be done and, roll up our sleeves, hitch up our britches, and get to work on saving America.
Congrats BO now please don’t screw it up.
My two cents.
13 beekabok2 // Nov 5, 2008 at 10:49 am
BTW did anyone notice that last night there were “close to 300,000 peeple there to here BO and then this morning it was 200,000 then 150,000 and 125,000 Should have been easy to figure out how many were really there - just count arms and legs and devide by 4 . (obscure reference to an acient joke) LOL (?)
14 mig // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:06 am
Obama last night declared that he would not be able to fulfil his promises for change in just 4 years. So the next 4 years he will be voting present as a President while he works on his reelection campaign.
cc: to clever- Scott Ott hands down!
15 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:18 am
Mack #2,
You sound like how I feel…
16 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:19 am
Scott, you make me smile!! First one in a while! You did us all proud last night….I loved your comment about the Caesarean section on PJ tv! And your brilliant smile came across the screen as bright as the light that surely fills you! If only the good Lord could put the sentiment of your article in BO’s brain…..
17 mig // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:21 am
I kid you not, driving the kids to work today I heard all this screaming. I didn’t think much of it, then this car full of blacks drove up next to me with their windows down screaming OBAMA OBAMA… nice.
When Bush won, within seconds there was the voter fraud schreetch. And yet this year, nothing. It’s all so great that we have had our first fair election in 8 years, how did ACORN do it?
18 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:22 am
So today, November 5th, we have a new fight on our hand. The man from someplace, somewhere, of which we still don’t know, is president. Kenya news feed showed the people celebrating the man from Kenya who has become president.
I still don’t know if this is the first African-American to be president or the man with a mixed marriage to become president. He has no slavery in his past-and what little we know about the man, we know there is more Muslim history than slavery.
Now we must fight to retain conservative policies. To scream out loud the two faced policies he makes and to publish the agony of the people who still must pay their mortgage and put gas in their car. Sadly, their will be many who will cry in despair when Obama can’t stand at the gas station and fill their tanks.
We must call out to Americans who can’t afford to heat their houses because Barrack will stop fossil fuel energy from being developed. We must remind them about economics.
The Democrats have made their point that the elections were ripped from their hands eight years ago. Now in return they took foriegn and mid-eastern blood money and outspent the Republicans by a huge margin inorder to show that they too, can steal an election.
Last night was payback for the angry left.
I fought the fight. I went to the streets. I talked one on one with my black friends and waffling Republicans as well. I took my thoughts to the streets as a silent protester and picketed OB1’s Hollywood puppets. I have been called every name possible to my face. I worked 14 hours yesterday in order to help illegal activities from being slammed on OUR polling place.
Now it is time to rest a little then get back to speed. My body is a little tired. But tomorrow is a new day. Hang tough everyone. America is still on the map.
19 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:23 am
C-A-T #6,
Good thoughts. God Bless You, and God Bless America… ’cause we’re gonna need it.
20 Just Ranting // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:25 am
Philippians 4:4-9
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
21 always right // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:28 am
Para bellum!
22 NeaL // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:28 am
New blog entry with brief video:
“…And There You Have It, Folks.”
http://www.myspace.com/nealbrooks
Please read and offer feedback, either here or there.
Thanks.
23 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:29 am
I still live in a Red state, Praise the Lord! The economy up here is still strong….hope that doesn’t change…heh heh!
BO already has the most corrupt campaign in history….an honor the Clintons and Gores are surely glad to give up! (OLA, I need help diagramming that last sentence…I can’t figure out how to not end it with a preposition.)
24 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:32 am
Psalms 118:24 — This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it… even if we don’t feel like it… sigh!
25 Left Coast-Right Mind // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:43 am
Wow! What a great article to illustrate the hypocrisy of the “fair-minded, can’t-we-just-share-the-wealth” left.
Reminds me of this novelty coin bank that had two slots; one marked “His” and the other “Hers”. A coin dropped in the “Hers” fell directly into a reservoir which could be opened to retrieve the coins after it got full. A coin dropped into the “His” slot rolled down a ramp and over into “Hers” reservoir. The moral of the story was written on the back side of the bank, “What’s Hers is Hers and what’s His is Hers”. In this case, “What’s theirs [Dems] is theirs, and what’s yours is theirs”.
I’m going to need a bigger mattress for all the money I’m going to need to stuff into it. Think Tempur-pedic or Select Comfort make a tri-fold wallet/bed?
recaptcha: Daniels Brush…with the lions in the den was nothing compared to what we’ll face starting Jan. 20th.
26 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:45 am
Then I must ask:
What about the big test Biden told us about that we will see within six months.? Hold your children and grandchildren a little tighter.
27 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:48 am
NeaL #23,
Well, it’s good that one of us is “excited”. Sorry I can’t share your enthusiasm. I just “HOPE” Obama doesn’t “CHANGE” this country into a socialist, third-world dictatorship like Chavez is doing to Venezuela.
28 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:55 am
LC-RM - I can vouch for the Select Comfort model….the base (normally a box spring) is hollow with a cover making it look like a box spring. There’s plenty of storage space in there!
29 Left Coast-Right Mind // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:57 am
Two passages that have brought me comfort, and have been gentle reminders of who is really in charge no matter who is elected:
Psalm 95
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before Him with thanksgiving
and extol Him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
4 In His hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
5 The sea is His, for He made it,
and His hands formed the dry land.
and
Psalm 34
1 I will extol the LORD at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.
2 My soul will boast in the LORD;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the LORD with me;
let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me;
He delivered me from all my fears.
30 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m wondering….will it still be called the White House or will the Commie-in-chief demand that change too?!
31 Just Ranting // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I saw a bit of the Obama celebration on the news this morning. I thought the dancers in the crowd with the Russian flags were quite good. It lent a air of multiculturalism to the atmosphere. Nice touch.
32 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:07 pm
JR: I have the loveliest framed calligraphy/artwork of the Philippians 4:8 verse on the wall in my bedroom. Thanks for reminding me why I bought it so many years ago. It is important to keep our eyes on the bigger prize, for it has lasting value.
UNL: Your question (#24) reminds me of the old joke ending “up with which I will not put”. I cannot remember the whole joke though. Actually “give up” is an idiom of two words meaning “to surrender”. The “up” in that phrase is not a preposition, as such.
I had an intriguing conversation yesterday with two people outside our local GOP HQ, where I was calling the registered voters on our roles to remind them to vote. I stepped out to take a break and began chatting with these two, sitting on a nearby stoop.
When they saw my Palin campaign pin, they started listing their talking points (all gleaned from television’s misconstruals, no doubt) about her and McCain’s negatives: “We’ll be in Iraq for 100 years”: “McCain’s wife is a drug addict who steals”; “Palin kills animals,” etc. I just listened, offering some mild corrections or elaborations to the record when necessary. They decided that I was “nice…for a Republican.”
I asked the 20-ish, 30-ish young man and woman why they voted for Obama and why they felt that he would be a good president. Their answer? He is “more honest.” They offered no evidence of this “honesty” I asked them how “trickle up economics” works and if they knew any poor people who created jobs. The teaching moment to contradict their claims was past, in that they had already voted. The experience was so sad when I realized that some common sense discussion and education beforehand might have made them think twice before voting for Obama.
Our media owes a huge debt to Americans for not properly vetting Obama and exposing his contradictions, his lies, the extent of his questionable relationships, and the holes in his biography. The media hoodwinked half of our nation into using their emotions and not their brains.
33 NeaL // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Re: Hawkeye #28
No. Sadly, it’s a hollow victory. I’m already looking forward to the next Black President. I have faith that next time, she or he will reach the highest office in the land after rising from a heritage of slavery.
Obama may be Black, but he is a transplant. One small step at a time, I guess.
Perhaps now the Republican party will take people like Alan Keyes more seriously.
34 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:16 pm
er, “rolls”, not “roles”
PIMF
35 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:16 pm
OLA #33,
Amen. “Hope and change” are no substitute for research and critical thinking.
36 HoraceQS // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I wrote an article that I hope will cheer everyone up, it’s my attempt to refocus on the good things that can come from this set back.
It was not Conservatism that was defeated last night, and together we can come back from this stronger than ever.
http://www.howtosavetheusa.com/
37 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:25 pm
NeaL #34,
I like Alan Keyes and would have voted for him in a heart-beat over Obama. However, I would prefer Thomas Sowell over Keyes.
I would have even liked to see Colin Powell run. I was not too happy about his endorsement of Obama, but then if he was running on the Republican ticket, he wouldn’t have endorsed Obama…
38 HoraceQS // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:27 pm
There is a great cartoon about the Powell endorsement here:
http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index.php/2008/10/21/a-powell-ful-endorsement/
39 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Horace,
Thanks for the article and the toon…
40 Just Ranting // Nov 5, 2008 at 12:50 pm
HoraceQS;
Good cartoon, great article. Thanks for sharing.
41 mig // Nov 5, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Ms.RW- he isn’t African American - he is bi-racial.
42 Obama Declines GOP Request to Redistribute Votes : Political Capital // Nov 5, 2008 at 3:12 pm
[...] of Scott Ott - this was too good to not [...]
43 Some redistribution is more equal than others? : Pursuing Holiness // Nov 5, 2008 at 4:06 pm
[...] Ott hits it out of the park: President-elect Barack Obama today politely declined a request from the Republican National [...]
44 gafisher // Nov 5, 2008 at 4:48 pm
mig Re#42 - With an African father and an American mother, he’s more African-American than almost anyone else who makes the claim.
45 A sampling of Christian blogger 2008 presidential election postpartum digression | blogs4God // Nov 5, 2008 at 5:32 pm
[...] “It’s not that we want to punish your success,†wrote RNC chairman Mike Duncan. “We just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you has a chance for success too. - ScrappleFace [...]
46 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2008 at 8:04 pm
MIG # 42 He isn’t bi-racial, the word is mulatto (check your dictionary)
mulatto |m(y)oÅˈlätÅ; -ˈlatÅ| dated
noun ( pl. -toes or -tos)
a person of mixed white and black ancestry, esp. a person with one white and one black parent.
adjective
relating to or denoting a mulatto or mulattoes.
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Spanish mulato, from Arabic muwallad ‘person of mixed race.’
Barack Hussein Obama is not America’s first bi-racial or ‘black’ President. At best he is America’s first mulatto president. As instructed by the Bible, I will pray for him
I looked into the Bible for instruction and found this -
Psa. 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psa. 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psa. 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psa. 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psa. 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psa. 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psa. 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psa. 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psa. 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psa. 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psa. 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Now a lot of folks don’t believe the Bible and that simple passage is nothing but so much Bull(feathers) - to be ignored and/or laughed about.
47 mig // Nov 6, 2008 at 7:16 am
For those of us who have friends or family members who insisted that Obama was not pro-abortion as they happily voted for him, Obama didn’t even wait a single day before making his first pro-abortion appointment. More to come! Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, who has a 0 percent pro-life voting record.
48 reagankid // Nov 6, 2008 at 2:17 pm
It would seem that the vast legions of liberal illuminati have again made sure that one of their own is in office. Of course, he also has honorary cabinet members in the offices of ABC, NBC, and CBS making sure that the leftist agenda is carried out.
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